Film still - Black Goat
Directed by Yi Tang
Type of Project: Comedy
Length: 12:00 minutes
Producer: Yi Tang
Editors: Yi Tang, Nelson Roubertini, Karishma Dev Dube
Cinematographer: Dominica Eriksen
After a late night ghost story, the new girl in the nunnery gets her first menstruation. She keeps it as a secret until she finally bleeds during the pray. She believes that to avoid further bad luck, she has to sacrifice a black goat.
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Born and raised in Fuzhou, China, Tang Yi was expected to be a diplomat or an accountant. However, after graduating from Chinese University of Hong Kong with an accounting degree, Tang Yi started songwriting and soon received a record deal. She writes songs that sound funny but deliver a serious message, Her debut EP "Seriously", distributed by Universal Hong Kong, peaked No. 1 on Hong Kong ITunes Store during the release week. Yi is also known for her creativity in music videos. Her music videos such as "Why On My Bed" and "Just Be Gay" reached more than 3 million audiences on Weibo (a twitter equivalent) in mainland China.
In, 2016, Tang Yi moved to New York pursuing a career in filmmaking after being accepted into NYU graduate film program. She is currently a third year MFA student at Tisch School of the Arts and developing her first feature script.